Week 2
Week 2
Week 2
MATHEMATIC AND
COMPUTATION
UNITS OF MEASURE
• 0.000641 = 6.41 x 10 -4
• 3 significant figures
• The zeros are merely holding decimal places and are not
needed to properly express the number in scientific notation.
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
1. Equals 1
2. Gets rid of unwanted units and / or adds needed units
1 00 0 m ls
1.2 5 L iters 1 L iter 1 2 5 0 m ls
100 mg = _________ ug ?
1 0 0 0 ug
1 0 0 m g 1 m g 1 0 ,0 0 0 0 ug
• Another conversion example
• “Physiological Saline” is used in Blood Banks and Hematology to prepare Red Blood
Cell suspensions.
• Physiological Saline is usually listed as being 0.9 % NaCl
• 0.9 grams of NaCl is added to 100 mls deionized water to make physiological saline
• What is the Normality (N) of physiological saline?
0 .9 gram s N aC l 1 E qW t N aC l 1 00 0 m ls
0 .1 5 N
1 0 0 m ls w ater 5 8 gram s 1 L iter
• Scientific measurement of temperature is always expressed in the Celsius (C) scale , not Fahrenheit (F)
• Measurement of temperature is an important component of the clinical lab. Instruments, refrigerators
and incubators are required to operate within specific temperatures that must be maintained and
monitored.
• Each laboratory must have a NIST calibrated thermometer in order to ensure the accuracy of other
thermometers in the laboratory
• Celsius scale: 0 degrees = freezing point of water
• F° = ( C ° x 1.8 ) + 32
• C° = ( F ° - 32 )
1.8
CONVERSION: TEMPERATURE
1.8
• For example:
• Your refrigerator at home is probably around 40 ° F. What is that in Celsius?
• Celsius= 40-32 = 4.4
1.8
• Water boils at 100 ° C. What is that expressed in Fahrenheit?
F ahrenheit 1.8 100 32 212
DILUTION
• Problem
• Dilution factor
DILUTION
0.1 mL serum
2.9 mL Distilled water
1.0 mL reagent A
1.0 mL reagent B
5.0 mL total volume
0.1 mL serum = 1
5.0 mL total x
x = 5.0 ml
0.1 ml
x = 50 (that is the dilution factor)
Dilution is 1/50
EXAMPLES OF DILUTIONS AND DILUTION FACTORS
• Example:
• 6 tubes, each with 0.5 mL DI water
• Add 0.2 mL serum to first tube and serially dilute
• Find the dilution in tube # 6
• Find the dilution factor (will be the same in each of these tubes)
• Percent solutions
• equal parts per hundred or the amount of solute per 100
total units of solution.
• weight per weight (w/w)
• volume per volume (v/v)
• weight per volume (w/v)
• grams per 100 ml
PERCENT SOLUTION
• Monoprotic acid
• Substance that donates H+ ion into a solution
H CL
HCl disociate
H+ CL
pH and pOH
• Polyprotic acid
• Substance that donates multiple H+ ions into a solution
• Character
• number to the left of the
decimal point in the log and
is derived from the exponent
• Mantissa
• right of the decimal point
and is derived from the
number itself
LOGARITHMS
• Calculate the pH, pOH, [H+] and the [OH-] of NaOH with a
concentration of 4x10-3 M
• NaOH = 4x10-3
[OH-] = 4x10-3
• Calculate the pH, pOH, [H+] and the [OH-] of NaOH with a
concentration of 4x10-3 M
• pH = 14 – pOH
= 14 – 2.4
= 11.6
• [H+] = 10x
= 10-11.6
X = 11.6
N = 12 – 11.6
= 0.4
[H+] = 2.51 x 10-12 M
pH and pOH
• pH = - log [H+]
=- log [(2)(1.5x10-4)]
= - log [3x10-4]
= 3.5
pH and pOH
• pH = - log [H+]
=- log [(3)(1.5x10-4)]
= - log [4.5x10-4]
= 3.35